In lockdown land
In this new land our movements slow
Everything goes
At a pace akin to another time
When maybe worlds were less frantic
And the quick jive of life
Turned into the back two, forward one
That no-one knows anymore
Or we didn’t.
A few weeks in when we’re horror numb
And our new ways are beginning
We learn to keep our distance don’t touch
But we speak to people we’d not know
If it weren’t for this damn virus
That reaps the old without mercy
And culls them in it’s nasty grasp
Still I know it’s made so many say
That life is to be lived in a way souls can ease
The lungs of the dead are filled with water
They drowned so we can breathe
But if I hear it described much more as a war
The words get thee to hell you fools
May not be the only words I scream
I know that life has changed for us all
I’ve changed and so have you
So let’s look forward to brighter days
©️AilsaCawley2020
